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This is fascinating. It's such a common (mistaken) usage in the tech world, Dictionary says it's derived from the premise of a building deed, so it's not comple

This is fascinating. It's such a common (mistaken) usage in the tech world, Dictionary says it's derived from the premise of a building deed, so it's not completely off. I wonder if there's a term, similar to "backronym", when the singular form of a word is derived from casual mutation from its plural?

i_am_jl 3y ago
> Dictionary says it's derived from the premise of a building deed, so it's not completely off. Of course! The premises are "the matter previously stated" on a property deed. I did a very shallow search and nothing came up, thanks for pointing me in the right direction. >I wonder if there's a term, similar to "backronym", when the singular form of a word is derived from casual mutation from its plural? I think premises/premise(s) might be unique in English in that it's a singular noun, pluralized by adding an s, where the plural form is a homonym with another singular noun that is dissimilar in meaning to the root singular noun. Lots of words hit 2/3, but I can't think of any others that are all 3.